Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media

This wide-ranging and innovative book develops an original theory of the media and their impact on the modern world, from the emergence of printing to the most recent developments in the media industries.

Nyckelord: communication; societies; modern; formation; diffusion; forms; impact; information; new; social; advent; global; today; europe; expansion; fifteenthcentury; printing; networks; major; distinctive; thompson; theory, Mass Media & Society, Modernity & Postmodernity, Mass Media & Society, Modernity & Postmodernity